The emerging phenomenon of personal branding on social media has important implications for job seekers, employers and social media platforms. In this talk, Prof Yanzhen CHEN will explore how online personal branding affects executive employment and compensation negotiation, with evidence from S&P 500 executives personal branding on Twitter and their career ... Read More

Creativity is the foundation of organization innovation that enables firms to compete in the dynamic and competitive marketplace. In this talk, Prof Yaping GONG will present research-based findings on what promote or inhibit employee creativity in the workplace. He will discuss key motivational, knowledge, and skill drivers of employee creativity (e.g ... Read More

Entrepreneurs need creative products, but a key challenge they face in their growth is managing the key internal stakeholders, in particular the board of directors. Prof Sam Garg tracked several Silicon Valley ventures with rare access to their board meetings and interviews with board members and executives. His findings and insights will be helpful to CEOs ... Read More

Standard models of financial markets assume people behave rationally. Behavioral finance builds on this foundation by taking insights from cognitive psychology to explain puzzling observations in asset prices that cannot be explained by reason. To illustrate, Prof. Utpal BHATTACHARYA will give three examples from his research on behavioral finance ... Read More

A novel facet of privacy concern has emerged due to peer disclosure of sensitive personal information in online social communities. When online users post about their “friends” or even “non-friends”, their behavior impose a negative externality on other people. Professor Hong XU will talk about the use of game theory to analyze interactions among users in ... Read More

Guanxi is one of the most prevalent vocabularies used in China’s business environment. In her talk, Professor Bilian Sullivan will share her insights on the following aspects: 1) How can we understand Guanxi from a general network perspective? 2) What are the idiosyncratic features of Guanxi in China? 3) Are there new characteristics of Guanxi in China’s ... Read More

Value creation depends on the flexibility which corporate managers have to invest in growth opportunities and to make adaptation under adverse economic conditions. In his talk, Professor Peter Chen will discuss his findings in a cross-country study on how a country’s level of economic freedom affects corporate investment efficiency and shareholders’ wealth ... Read More

Information technology has clearly had a large impact on traditional banking services and transactions over the past 20 years. The challenges and changes are ongoing. Professor Theodore Clark will present his study on how new technologies and firms challenge traditional assumptions about the services and businesses that will dominate in this new environment ... Read More

Although online retailing has grown substantially over the past decade, it still accounts for a small portion of total global retailing. To further penetrate into the markets dominated by brick and mortar stores, online retailers rely heavily on information technologies to expand their market share. Information technologies also play a critical role in ... Read More